Amy Rigby Little Fugitive CD

An album steeped in New York City rock history, 2005's LITTLE FUGITIVE finds singer/songwriter Amy Rigby (the Shams/Last Round Up) waxing nostalgic about the Ramones (the buoyant "Dancing with Joey Ramone") and collaborating with Patti Smith Group's Lenny Kaye (on his own melancholy tune "The Things We Leave Behind"). As always, Rigby's charmingly off-key voice carries these never-too-polished narratives, which include the witty "Needy Men" and "Girls Got It Bad."

Renowned songwriter Amy Rigby's upcoming fifth album, Little Fugitive (August 23 rd on Signature Sounds), finds the singer, who began her solo career as the Mod Housewife, bringing it all back home. Hailed for her keen eye and sharp wit in tracing the vagaries and victories of modern romance, her new Signature Sounds release finds Rigby promising "I Don't Want To Talk About Love No More." But, of course, she does - getting to the heart of the matter and the heart of the punch line in due course.For the making of Little Fugitive, Rigby returned to New York City, where she emerged as a solo artist in 1996 with Diary Of A Mod Housewife, a critically acclaimed album that prompted Spin magazine to declare her "Songwriter of the Year" and was voted No. 8 in the annual Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. "It felt like home," she explains. "Going back to New York was like putting back together the pieces of my past and wondering, who am I going be for the rest of my life?"The album was recorded in a quick two day session, with Rigby co-producing the album with longtime guitarist Jon Graboff. The result is a collection that continues to prove Rigby to be the ultimate rock girl next door - strong-willed, sharp-tongued and ready to wrestle you to the barroom floor. Yet it also reflects the wisdom of a grown woman who has made her mark as a consummate artist, penning songs with an emotional honesty and rare incisive humor. And on Little Fugitive, Rigby feels free to color in the songs with stylistic splashes from bright folk chords to stomping rock and 60's psychedelia.

Personnel: Amy Rigby (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jon Graboff (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, synthesizer, percussion); John Conte (baritone guitar); Joe McGinty (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards, mini-Moog synthesizer); Dennis Diken (drums, percussion); Louis Appel (percussion); Amanda Uprichard, Angela Jaeger, Sue Garner, Hazel Rigby (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Don Dixon.

Uncut (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[The album] continues to prove Rigby's mettle as an exceptional songwriter whose fearless penchant for portraying the complexity of relationships has no peer."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]hese songs generate laughter, tears or knowing agreement depending upon the mood Rigby so effortlessly dictates....Writing from the female perspective, Rigby never alienates..."